Roll of Honour - Cambridgeshire - Cambridge University, Corpus Christi College

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2008

The Cambridge University, Corpus College World War 1 memorials are in the form of two white stone tablets in the chapel. There are 63 names listed for World War 1, 94 names for World War 2 and one for conflicts after World War 2.

Photographs copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2008

The following notes apply:

[date] indicates date of matriculation.
(1914) indicates those who were admitted for the Michaelmas Term of 1914, but who never actually matriculated.
A date marked with an asterisk denotes that the person to whom the entry refers joined the College in that year by some procedure other than matriculation, e.g. by migration from another College or the non-collegiate body.

The extra details here are taken from `The War List of the University of Cambridge, 1914 – 1918’ by G.V. Carey. (Cambridge University Press, 1921.) However, some names listed in this publication do not appear on the memorial, and they have been omitted from the table below.

M denotes those mentioned in despatches.
MC denotes Military Cross

1914-1918
BARKER	W	[1894] Major, Worcestershire Regt. Died 15 Aug. 1918 of wounds received in action
BARNES	J E T	[(1914)] Capt., Gloucestershire Regt. Killed in action 3 Feb. 1917.
BLYTH	A F	No further information currently
BOWER	C F	[1910] Capt., Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derby Regt.) Killed in action 13 Sept. 1917
BRAY	E F	[(1914)] Lieut., R.N.A.S. Missing, presumed killed in action, 19 July 1917
BROWNLEE	W M	[1915] 2nd Lieut., Dorset Regt. Died 12 Oct. 1914 of pneumonia
BUDGEN	R G	[1913] Lieut., King’s (Shropshire L.I.). Killed in action 24 Aug. 1915
BULLOCK	G F	[1900] 2nd Lieut., S. Wales Borderers. Killed in action 31 July 1917
BURGESS	D	[1872] Lieut.-Col., R.A.M.C. (3rd N. Gen. Hospital, T.F.) Died 17 Jan. 1917
CHURCHWARD	H A	[1911] 2nd Lieut., London Yeo. (Westminster Dragoons); attd. R.F.C. Killed in action 16 Aug. 1917
CLARKE	J P D	[1911] Lieut., Worcestershire Regt. Accidentally killed 1915
COBHAM	F G B	No further information currently
COOPER	H W F	[1899] 2nd Lieut., R. Fusiliers. Died 28 April 1917 of wounds received in action
CROSSE	R G	[1913] Lieut., Queen’s Own (R.W.Kent Regt.). Died 14 July 1916 of wounds received in action
CUNNINGTON	E C	[1908] Capt., R.A.M.C. M. Killed in action 23 March 1918.
DAVIES	T A M	[1912] Lieut., R.F.A. (T.F.). Killed in action 1 July 1916
DAY	N L	[1913] 2nd Lieut., King’s (Liverpool Regt.). Killed in action 14 Sept. 1916
DEVEREUX	H W	[1913] Lieut., S. Staffs. Regt. (T.F.). Killed inaction 26 June 1916
DIXON-WRIGHT	H D	[1889] Rev., M.V.O. Chaplain, R.N. Died 31 May 1916 of wounds received in action in the Battle of Jutland
DOUDNEY	C E	Rev., C.F. 4th Class, R.A.C.D. Died 16 Oct. 1915 of wounds received in action
DUCKWORTH	W C	[1910] 2nd Lieut., Welsh Regt.; attd. King’s (Shropshire L.I.). Killed in action 8 Oct. 1918
DYER	H F	[1904] 2nd Lieut., D. of Wellington’s (W. Riding Regt). Died 28 Aug. 1917 of wounds received in action 8 Aug. 1917
GASKELL	L N	No further information currently
GLEGG	A L	[1914] 2nd Lieut., King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 10 Aug. 1915
HAMILTON	J	[1898] 2nd Lieut., Border Regt. (T.F.). Killed in action 5 Nov. 1916
HANNA	J H	[1901] 2nd Lieut., London Regt. (St Pancras Bn.). Killed in action 20 Sept. 1917
HARSTON	F N	[1909] Capt., E. Lancs. Regt.; Brigade Major. M.C. M. Killed in action 22 April 1918
HEWITT	F W	[1893] Rev., C.F. 4th Class, R.A.C.D. Killed in action near Vermelles 28 Sept. 1915
HILL	W R	[1915] Lieut., Durham L.I. M.C. and bar. Died at Stralsund, Germany, 6 Nov. 1918 of blood poisoning
JAMES	E S P K	[1906] Capt., King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 17 March 1915
KEATING	G H	[1911] Pte., Middlesex Regt. (P.S. Bn.); Lieut. Killed in action 18 Sept. 1918
KNIGHT	E A	[1905] 2nd Lieut., M.G.C. Killed in action 24 Sept. 1917
LAING	A T	[1907] Capt., Northumberland Fus. Died 24 July 1916 of wounds received in action
LANG	H A	[1893] Major, Worcestershire Regt. M. Killed in action in Gallipoli 9 June 1915
LA TOUCHE	Dennis Digges	[(1914)] 2nd Lieut., King’s (Shropshire L.I.); Capt., Welsh Regt. Killed in action in Gallipoli 8 Aug. 1915. Captain, 8th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action 8 August 1915. Aged 20. Born Co Dublin. Son of Thomas Henry and Anna Frances Digges La Touche, of 230, Hills Rd., Cambridge. Religious denomination Church of Ireland. Educated at Baymount School, Co. Dublin, and Shrewsbury School. Elected to a senior scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1913. In the 1911 Census shows Denis (aged 16) residing with his parents, Thomas Henry (aged 55) and Anna Frances (aged 45), at No. 11, Tivoli Terrace South, Kingstown (Dunlaoghaire), Co Dublin, also present were his sisters, Avice Gertrude (aged 18), Edith Mary (aged 13) and Lynette Nouvelle (aged 7); his parents stated that during their marriage they had five children, all of whom were alive at the time of the Census. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey 9including Gallipoli). Panel 140 to 144. Captain Digges La Touche is commemorated on, the World War I Memorial and the Roll of Honour, Christ Church of Ireland, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin; Corpus Christi College War Memorial, Cambridge.
LEEKE	H A	[1899] Lieut., R. Warwickshire Regt. Died 29 May 1915 of fever
LEEMING	A J	[1908] Capt., R. Fusiliers. M. Killed in action 31 July 1917
LING	L S	[1915] 2nd Lieut., Norfolk Regt. Killed in action 4 May 1917
LOCKHART	N D S B	[1913] Lieut., Seaforth Hdrs. Killed in action 25 Sept. 1915
MACINTOSH	H M	[1911] Capt., Argyll and Sutherland Hdrs. Died 26 July 1918 of wounds received in action
MACKAY	Claude Lysaght	[1913] Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment attached to 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died in hospital 7 June 1915 of wounds received in action 28 May 1915. Aged 20. Born 29 October 1894, baptised 18 November 1894, at Rajkot, Kithiawar, India (Bombay Presidency). Son of Edward Vansittart Mackay and Jane (Nina) Mackay, of 10, College Road, Clifton, Gloucestershire; nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield Richardson, of Moyallen, County Down. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 31. Also listed on the St James Church Memorial, Sandrock Road, Tunbridge Wells. Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, Volume 2, page 329-330: 2nd LIEUTENANT CLAUDE LYSAGHT MACKAY, 2nd BATTN. WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT attd. 2nd BATTN. MANCHESTER REGIMENT, younger son of the late Edward Vansittart Mackay (Indian Police) and of Nina Mackay 10, College Road, Clifton, Gloucestershire, was born at Rajkot, India, on the 29th October 1894. He was educated at Clifton College, where he was a prominent member of the Cricket XI, and won the Challenge Cup in the Athletic Sports. He also won the Public Schools' Heavyweight Boxing Competition at Aldershot in 1913. In the Clifton XI he proved himself a fine free-hitting bat and a useful fast bowler, and he also got his football cap. After leaving school, he played cricket for his county. An account of his victory the boxing contest above referred to was published in the “Sportsman” of the 15th June, 1915, by a critic who had attended these contests for several years, and who said that he had never seen such an electrifying performance. Though tall, he was slim, and even somewhat frail-looking, and had practically never had the gloves on before the preceding Christmas. He disposed of his first two opponents in fifty seconds, although the second was a considerably heavier man; and in the final had to meet one of Driscoll's pupils from St. Paul's, whom, in the words of the critic, “in exactly one minute and a half he reduced to impotence.” From Clifton College, having won the Leaving Exhibition, he went to Cambridge, winning a Classical Exhibition into Corpus Christi College, where he again distinguished himself in athletics. On the day war was declared he was on the Old Cliftonians' Cricket Tour, but before the day was ended he was home, and had filled up an application for a commission. On the 15th August he was gazetted to the 5th (Reserve) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, and joined the Expeditionary Force on January 1st, 1915, being given a commission in the regiment on the 14th February, 1915, when he was posted to the 2nd Battalion. For active service he was attached to the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. On the 28th May, 1915, while in command of a company—a great responsibility for so young an officer—he was wounded, and died in hospital at Boulogne on the 7th June 1915. Among the many his letters speaking of him, one from the Sergeant of his platoon says: “I do not think he will ever be forgotten. There was no braver officer: he always did his duty, staying out when on Patrol duty very close to the enemy trenches; and when our trenches were being shelled he was always near at hand, bandaging up the wounded and cheering his men on and sometimes, when we would be all wet through and in a thoroughly dismal condition, up he would come with cigarettes, and then he would receive to smiling thanks of the men—nothing like a cigarette to put a smile on our faces! He was very popular with us all, always doing what was in his power to make things as pleasant as possible for us under very trying conditions.” Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915: MACKAY Claude Lysaght of 10 College-road Clifton Bristol died 7 June 1915 Administration (with Will) London 4 December to Jane Mackay Vansittart Mackay widow. Effects £84 1s. 6d. Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 18 June 1915, page 8: LIEUT. C. L. MACKAY KILLED. Lieut. C. L. Mackay, Worcester Regt., attached 2nd Manchester Regt., has died of wounds. He was a Corpus Christi man.
MARRIOTT	J F L	[1907] 2nd Lieut., D. of Cornwall’s L.I. Died 26 Jan 1915 of spotted fever
MARTIN	E N M	[1898] 2nd Lieut., 5th (R. Irish) Lancers. Killed in action 30 Sept. 1916
MATHEWS	A	[1913] Lieut., Cheshire Regt. Died 14 April 1916 of wounds received in action
NELSON	E B	[1909] 2nd Lieut., I.A.R.O., attd. Indian Infy. Died 15 March 1916 of wounds received in action
OKE	R W L	[*1904] Capt., R. Berkshire Regt. Killed in action 25 Sept. 1915
PATCH	N J S	[1892] Pte., Australian Force. Killed in action 11 Oct. 1917
PIERSON	L D	[(1914)] Lieut., E. Yorks. Regt. M. Killed in action 30 Oct. 1916
READ	E O	[1909] Reverend. C.F. 4th Class, R.A.C.D. Killed in action 3 Oct. 1918
ROXBURGH	J H	[(1914)] Major, M.G.C. M.C. M. Killed in action 2 Oct. 1918
SANDFORD	C R F	[1913] Capt., King’s Own (Yorkshire L.I., T.F.) M.C. Killed in action 22 Feb. 1917
SANKEY	W M	[1914] Lieut., Monmouthshire Regt. M.C. Died 23 March 1918 of wounds received in action
SHAW	R	[1910] Capt., King’s (Liverpool Regt., T.F.). Killed in action 20 Sept. 1917
SMITH	G R	[1902] Lieut., Canadian Infy. Killed in action 6 May 1917
STOKES	L M	R.M.L.I., Lieut. Killed in operations on the Ancre, 13 November 1916.
TERRELL	F W	[1912] Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt.; attd. Worcestershire Regt. Killed in action 3 Sept. 1916
THRING	A E	R.F.A. 2nd Lieut. Died at the military hospital at Ripon, 9 February 1917. He had served with his brigade in Dublin through the rebellion
TITCOMB	F H Y	No further information currently
WEBB	A H	[1911] 2nd Lieut., The Buffs (E.Kent Regt., T.F.). Killed in action 23 June1917
WHITTAM	M J G	[1912] Lieut., D. of Wellington’s (W. Riding Regt.). Died 11 Aug. 1915 of wounds received in action in Gallipoli
WILSON	R E	[1904] 2nd Lieut., Bombay Vol. Rifles. Killed in action in E. Africa 11 March 1916
WYNNE	E E	[1913] Pte., R. Fusiliers (P.S.Bn.); Capt., Leicestershire Regt. (T.F.). Killed in action 8 June 1917
MAINWARING	C L	[1906] Lieut., R.G.A.
1939-1945
ALLEN	W P	No further information currently
ANDERSON	C D	No further information currently
ANSET	D C	No further information currently
ARCHDALL	M K	No further information currently
ARCHDALL	W H	No further information currently
ASH	A J	No further information currently
BAILEY	J C L D	No further information currently
BARGE	R N K	No further information currently
BARRETT	D C	No further information currently
BISHOP	M H E	No further information currently
BROWN	N S H	No further information currently
CABLE	J D S	No further information currently
CALDWELL	J E M P	No further information currently
CASE	C V	No further information currently
CASSELS	P R	No further information currently
CATTERNS	J B C	No further information currently
CLERKE	N J	No further information currently
COBBOLD	R N	No further information currently
CORRY	D P	No further information currently
COULSON	N	No further information currently
CUNNING	J E	No further information currently
DARBY	R G D	No further information currently
DORE	D P	No further information currently
EVANS	R C	No further information currently
EVES	H J H	No further information currently
FLETCHER	D J A	No further information currently
GAYE	J C	No further information currently
GLENNIE	D G	No further information currently
GOODFELLOW	P R	No further information currently
GRAHAM LITTLE	E B	No further information currently
ACHESON	G V	No further information currently
CRESSWELL	A C	No further information currently
HAWKINS	D S	No further information currently
HIBBERD	J	No further information currently
HICKS	R G V	No further information currently
HODGE	J E	No further information currently
HOLMAN	C P	No further information currently
HOPGOOD	J V	No further information currently
HORTON	P S	No further information currently
HOSKYNS	C W	No further information currently
JACKSON	G F R	No further information currently
JEFFRIES	P G	No further information currently
JOHNSON	O K	No further information currently
KENNEDY	G M	No further information currently
KESTER	V	No further information currently
KHAN	M M	No further information currently
KIMPTON	P W	No further information currently
KNOWLES	J M	No further information currently
LAKE	D S	No further information currently
LANGSTON	A R	No further information currently
LEITH	R B	No further information currently
LEWIS	D G	No further information currently
LILLEY	R J	No further information currently
LLOYD	J B	No further information currently
MACKIE	G E	No further information currently
MACLEAY	R B	No further information currently
MACPHERSON	C J	No further information currently
MAILE	Roy [Hugh Wiltshire]	Gunner 927947, 135 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry), Royal Artillery. Died of avitaminonis whilst a prisoner of war in Japanese hands in Thailand, Camp 2, 5 July 1943; captured at Singapore 17 February 1942. Aged 27. Born 29 November 1917, and resident, in Cambridge. Son of Ellen Maile; husband of Barbara Jane Maile, of 9, Parker Street, Cambridge. Occupation Chef. In the 1921 census he was aged 3, born Cambridgeshire, at school, grandson of Albert and Eliza Ann Maile, son of Albert William and Ellen Maile. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 2. Row N. Grave 7. Extract from Cambridge Independent Press in 1945: NEWS OF CAMBRIDGE MEN Death In Japanese Hands NEWS of the deaths of two more Cambridge men, prisoners of war in Japanese hands, has been received by their families. Mrs. B. J. Maile, of 9, Parker Street, Cambridge, has been informed that her husband, Gunner R. H. W. Maile, R.A. (Field Regiment), aged 21, died of avitaminonis whilst a prisoner of war in Japanese hands on July 5th, 1943. Gunner Maile was educated at the Central School, was a choirboy at Jesus College, and was later employed at Corpus Christi. Mr. and Mrs. H. Driver, of 222a, Victoria Road, have received the news that their youngest son, W./S. Corporal A. (Don) Driver, R.E., died of avitaminonis whilst a prisoner of war in Thailand on November 4th, 1943. This is the second son that they have lost in a Japanese camp. Before joining up, Corpl. Driver was employed by Ellam’s Duplicating Co., Ltd., of Green Street.
MANUEL	G S	No further information currently
MARRACK	P R	No further information currently
ELLIOTT	C E	No further information currently
MCMASTER	I E	No further information currently
CARSON	B H	No further information currently
MCKIERNAN	H M	No further information currently
MCKINLAY	N E	No further information currently
MEDHURST	R E H	No further information currently
MILLIGAN	R W B	No further information currently
MONCRIEFF	C M	No further information currently
MONTEATH	D I	No further information currently
NAIRN	G	No further information currently
NOONE	H D	No further information currently
O’HAGAN	C C O	No further information currently
PEIRANO	P R	No further information currently
PHIPPS	F C	No further information currently
POLLOCK	I G E	No further information currently
PUCKLE	D C R	No further information currently
RADCLIFFE	G M	No further information currently
RIX	H R	No further information currently
ROTHERA	J P	No further information currently
ST. HILL	M E	No further information currently
SAMPSON	W A P	No further information currently
SCOTT	W J M	No further information currently
SERGEANT	A N	No further information currently
SILLS	M G	No further information currently
SIMOND	G F	No further information currently
SOUTHWELL	J M	No further information currently
STEVENS	J K Cloete	No further information currently
STEVENSON	W R	No further information currently
SYMONDS	A T R	No further information currently
TRIMMER	C E A	No further information currently
THOMPSON		No further information currently
WHITE	D F R	No further information currently
MAY	C W	No further information currently
WALLACE	G	No further information currently
Other conflicts
ANDERSON	Michael Ian	[Memorial states 1948] Lieutenant 380196, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's). Died 12th November 1949 in Malaya. Born 20 February 1927. Buried in Kranji Military Cemetery, Singapore. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 6.

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